Fast model generating and solving method for security-constrained power system operation simulation

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides a fast model generating and solving method for security-constrained power system operation simulation, which includes: obtaining information of all branches and nodes which are involved during operation simulation time period, calculating original-node impedance matrix, load shifting distribution factor original matrix and generator shifting distribution factor original matrix of all involved branches; correcting the load shifting distribution factor original matrix and the generator shifting distribution factor original matrix according to the on-off state of branches; obtaining output of each generator unit at each time period according to no-security-constraint unit commitment model, and determining overload of each branch again; solving iteratively until no branch is overloaded, and obtaining output of each generator unit at each time period under security constraint of operation simulation for the current simulation day, performing operating simulation for the rest simulation days to obtain security-constraint operation simulation result for the whole year.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to and benefits of Chinese PatentApplication Serial No. 201510611268.3, filed with the State IntellectualProperty Office of P. R. China on Sep. 24, 2015, the entire contents ofwhich are incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD

The present disclosure relates to power-system analyzing field, and moreparticular, to a fast model generating and solving method forsecurity-constrained power system operation simulation.

BACKGROUND

In recent years, with the increasing scale of power system, theoperation complexity of power grid has been greatly increased as aresult of many factors including the addition of intermittent energyresources, such as wind energy and solar energy, the construction oflarge-scale multi-level inter-basin hydropower plants, the integrationof various-type powers, such as nuclear power, pumped storage power, andgas-turbine power, and the structure of power grid with AC-DC hybridtransmission over long distance. In the conventional power-systemplanning, in order to evaluate the adaptability and economy of futureelectricity planning, operating position of every generator unit on theload curve is arranged through production simulation technology.However, with the increasing variety of power supply structure andcomplexity of power grid structure, the power system operation isinvolved with many various constraints, such as peak load regulation,generator on-off constraints and securities of branch and interfacepower flow. The conventional production simulation technology is oftendifficult to consider all these operational constraints during practicaloperations. Therefore, a new technology called power system operationsimulation appears. That is, for a given power planning scheme, the unitcommitment model is used to consider all the operational constraints inthe long-time operations of power system. This can refine the evaluationindexes for the current power planning program from many aspects, suchas adaptability, economy and environmental protection in the futureoperation.

Currently, power system operation simulation technology withoutconsideration of system security constraints is relatively mature, andsome software products have appeared in abroad. Riso laboratory inDenmark has developed an operation simulation software for the powersystem, named Wilmar (WEBER Christoph, MEIBOM Peter. BARTH Rudiger, etal. WILMAR: A Stochastic Programming Tool to Analyze the Large-ScaleIntegration of Wind Energy. In: KALLRATH Josef. PARDALOS Panos M.REBENNACK Steffen, et al., Optimization in the Energy Industry, EnergySystems: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. p 437-458). This softwareevaluates system operation cost by hourly simulating the operation andis applied in the wind power integration planning and pumped storageplanning. However, this software can only consider simulation of powersource and does not model the power grid. Therefore, it cannot consideroperation security constraints, such as securities of branch andinterface power flow of the power system. GE Company has developed asoftware named MAPS which is able to achieve the chronological operationsimulation of multi-area connected power systems considering the powerdelivery security constraints between different areas(http://www.geenergyconsulting.com/practice-area/software-products/maps).Oxford University has developed a software named Switch which canachieve similar functions (FRIPP Matthias. Switch: A Planning Tool forPower Systems with Large Shares of Intermittent Renewable Energy.Environmental Science & Technology, 2014, 46(11): 6371-6378.). Althoughbranch power flow limits in the multi-area power system are consideredin MAPS and Switch, MAPS and Switch can only divide the power systeminto several areas or tens of areas. Establishing network-flow model forpower delivery between different areas cannot describe the detailedpower flow of the power-grid. The simulation results can only analyzethe rationality and economy of power supply structure and configurationin each area, and cannot analyze the security, rationality and economyof the power grid planning.

Considering system security constraints in the power system operationsimulation brings great challenge to calculation and modeling. It isbecause that when the scale of the power grid is larger, node and branchof the power system that needs to be considered in thesecurity-constraint power system are increasing. For example, generally,the power system for a middle-scale provincial network includes 100-200power generator units, and 1000-2000 nodes, and 2000-5000 branches. Theamount of decision variables for daily unit commitment model in theoperation simulation without considering security constraints will bemore than ten thousand, and the number of constraints will be more thantwenty thousand. When security constraints are included, the number ofconstraints will further increase to more than one-hundred thousand. Itwill cost great calculation and storage resources for such large-scaleoptimization model. Therefore, the calculation and storage resourcesbecome the bottleneck for practical use of the security-constrainedpower system operation simulation in the large-scale power system.

Therefore, it is needed to propose technologies to rapidly generate andcalculate the security-constrained unit commitment model, based oncurrent power system operation simulation technology, in order toincrease calculating efficiency of the security-constrained power systemoperation simulation, which makes the security-constrained power systemoperation simulation able to apply to large-scale real-world powersystem. The related art of the present disclosure include:

1) Security-constraint power system operation simulation means that,certain scheduling objectives are selected according to power gridplanning and power installed capacity planning with system loadprediction and boundary conditions of power system operation formed byprimary energy; and power system planning or power system operation modeis evaluated according to operation simulation result after a period ofoperation of the simulation system under generator unit operationconstraints, system branch and interface power flow. Core of the powersystem operation simulation is to solve the unit commitment model dailyor week-by-week and is expressed as mixed integer programming model, asfollowing:

min f(X,I)

s.t. CP ^(T) +DI ^(T) ≦b

F≦G _(G) P ^(T) −G _(D) L ^(T) ≦F

P ^(T) ≦P ^(T) ≦P ^(T)

In the above expressions, P and I are decision variables of the aboveoptimal model. P is vector of output of different types of generatorunit at each time period, and its elements are continuous variables. Iis vector of state variables of generator units, and it elements are0-or-1 variables. T is superscript denoting transposition of vector ormatrix. The objective f(P,I) is the minimization of the total systemoperating cost, which includes the fuel, on-off, and load sheddingcosts. The constraint CP^(T)+DI^(T)≦b is the system operating constraintand generator unit operating constraint. The system operating constraintincludes load-generation balance constraint and back-up balanceconstraint. The generator unit operating constraint includes generatorunit output constraint, rate of change of output constraint, generatorunit on-off constraint, and electric quantity constraint, etc. C iscoefficient matrix in front of the decision variable P corresponding togenerator unit output in the above constraints. D is coefficient matrixin front of the decision variable I corresponding to generator unitstate in the above constraints, and b is right constant term vector ineach above constraint. The constraint F≦G_(G)P^(T)+G_(D)L^(T)≦F issecurity constraints of branch and transformer power flow. G_(G) isgenerator shifting distribution factor. L is vector of node loads. F andF are the upper and lower limits of branch power flow, respectively. Theconstraint P ^(T)≦P^(T)≦P ^(T) is the upper and lower limit constraintsof P. T is transposition symbol. The detailed model of the power systemoperation simulation can be referred to the paper (Ning Zhang, ChongqingKang, Daniel S. Kirschen, Qing Xia, Weimin Xi, Junhui Huang, Qian Zhang:Planning pumped storage capacity for wind power integration. IEEETransactions on Sustainable Energy, 2013, 4(2): 393-401).

2) Generator shifting distribution factor matrix and load shiftingdistribution factor matrix:

The generator shifting distribution factor matrix means sensitivity ofthe generator output to the branch power flow. The load shiftingdistribution factor matrix means sensitivity of the node load to thebranch power flow. If there are K branches, N nodes and M generatorunits in the power system, the generator shifting distribution factorG_(G) and the load shifting distribution factor G_(D) can be expressedas following:

${G_{G} = \begin{bmatrix}g_{11} & g_{12} & \ldots & g_{1M} \\g_{21} & g_{22} & \ldots & g_{2M} \\\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\g_{K\; 1} & g_{K\; 2} & \ldots & g_{KM}\end{bmatrix}},{G_{D} = {\begin{bmatrix}g_{11} & g_{12} & \ldots & g_{1N} \\g_{21} & g_{22} & \ldots & g_{2N} \\\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\g_{K\; 1} & g_{K\; 2} & \ldots & g_{KN}\end{bmatrix}.}}$

There are K rows and M columns in matrix G_(G). g_(lm) is sensitivity ofgenerator unit m to branch l. There are K rows and N columns in matrixG_(D). g_(ln) is sensitivity of node n to branch l. If output vector Xof all generator units and load L of all nodes are known, then branchpower flow can be obtained by the matrix G_(G) and G_(D), as following:

F=G _(G) P ^(T) −G _(D) L ^(T).

In the above expression, F is vector of branch power flow.

3) Mixed integer programming optimal solving algorithm: this algorithmcan give optimal solution of the model using computer to solve the mixedinteger programming optimal problem.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a fast model generatingand solving method for security-constrained power system operationsimulation, to solve a problem of low calculating efficiency caused by alarger-scale optimal model in the security-constrained power systemoperation simulation. Firstly, the method generates a load shiftingdistribution factor matrix and a generator shifting distribution factormatrix corresponding to full power system topology, and then correctsthe load shifting distribution factor matrix and the generator shiftingdistribution factor matrix according to on-off state of branches in eachday. The method can avoid recalculation for each day to improve modelingefficiency of the unit commitment model. Meanwhile, when solving theunit commitment model, the method uses useful security-constraintsrecognition technology to only introduce the useful security constraintsto the unit commitment model. This improves solving efficiency of theunit commitment model.

In our implementation, the fast model generating and solving method forsecurity-constrained power system operation simulation includesfollowing steps: 1) obtaining information of all branches and nodeswhich are involved during operation simulation time period, calculatingoriginal-node impedance matrix, load shifting distribution factororiginal matrix and generator shifting distribution factor originalmatrix of all involved branches according to connections between thebranches and the nodes and reactance of each branch;

2) starting operation simulation calculation day-by-day to obtain on-offstate of branches in a current simulation day, correcting the loadshifting distribution factor original matrix and the generator shiftingdistribution factor original matrix according to the on-off state ofbranches to obtain load shifting distribution factor matrix andgenerator shifting distribution factor matrix in the current simulationday after considering the on-off state of branches;

3) obtaining output of each generator unit at each time period using amixed integer programming algorithm according to no-security-constraintunit commitment model, for each time period, calculating each branchpower flow according to the output of each generator unit at each timeperiod and node loads, determining overload of each branch according tothe branch power flow and branch power flow limits; generating securityconstraint in the unit commitment model according to rows of the loadshifting distribution factor matrix and the generator shiftingdistribution factor matrix corresponding for the overloaded branches,obtaining the output of each generator unit at each time period usingthe mixed integer programming algorithm according to theno-security-constraint unit commitment model again, and then,determining overload of each branch again; solving iteratively until nobranch is overloaded, and obtaining output of each generator unit ateach time period under security constraint for completion of operationsimulation for the current simulation day, performing operatingsimulation for the rest simulation days to obtain security-constraintoperation simulation result for the whole year.

Advantages of the fast model generating and solving method forsecurity-constrained power system operation simulation in theembodiments of the present disclosure follows:

The fast model generating and solving method for security-constrainedpower system operation simulation is based on the conventional powersystem operation simulation. The method can calculate the load shiftingdistribution factor matrix and the generator shifting distributionfactor matrix fast in each simulation day and solve thesecurity-constrained unit commitment model fast. Calculations of thesecurity-constrained power system operation simulation can be applied tothe large-scale real-world power system by implementing the method inthe embodiments of the present disclosure. Indexes, such asadaptability, economy, environmental protection, etc. can be evaluatedmore accurately in the future implementation of the power systemplanning. This improves fineness of the power system planning.Therefore, the method in the embodiments of the present disclosure is apromising technique for practical power systems.

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These and other aspects and advantages of embodiments of the presentdisclosure will become apparent and more readily appreciated from thefollowing descriptions made with reference to the accompanying drawing,in which:

The FIGURE is a flow chart of a fast model generating and solving methodfor security-constrained power system operation simulation, according toan embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference will be made in detail to embodiments of the presentdisclosure. The embodiments described herein with reference to drawingsare explanatory, illustrative, and used to generally understand thepresent disclosure. The embodiments shall not be construed to limit thepresent disclosure. The same or similar elements and the elements havingsame or similar functions are denoted by like reference numeralsthroughout the descriptions.

Following are detailed descriptions for a fast model generating andsolving method for security-constrained power system operationsimulation.

In the fast model generating and solving method, a branch is defined byincluding transmission lines, cables, transformers and powertransmission equipments connected to two buses, and the node is definedby one bus in the security-constrained power system. Number of thebranch is K, number of the node is N and number of generator unit is Min the security-constrained power system.

The flow chart of the fast model generating and solving method is shownin the FIGURE. The fast model generating and solving method includesfollowing steps.

Step 1), information of all branches and nodes which are involved duringoperation simulation time period is obtained, and original-nodeimpedance matrices, load shifting distribution factor original matricesand generator shifting distribution factor original matrices of allinvolved branches are calculated according to connections between thebranches and the nodes and the reactance of each branch.

The step 1) includes following steps:

Step 1.1), generating branch admittance matrix according to thereactance of each branch, as the following expression (1):

$\begin{matrix}{{y = \begin{bmatrix}\frac{1}{x_{1}} & \; & \; & \; & \; \\\; & \ddots & \; & \; & \; \\\; & \; & \frac{1}{x_{l}} & \; & \; \\\; & \; & \; & \ddots & \; \\\; & \; & \; & \; & \frac{1}{x_{K}}\end{bmatrix}};} & (1)\end{matrix}$

where y is the branch admittance matrix, x_(l) is reactance of branch l,and l=1, 2, . . . , K, and K is number of the branches:

Step 1.2), generating node-branch incidence matrix and generator-nodeincidence matrix according to the connections between the branches andthe nodes; firstly, generating branch-node incidence matrix H_(l) foreach branch, as the following expression (2), where H_(l) has Nelements. For the l-th branch, the element in H_(l) corresponding tobeginning node i is set to 1 and the element in H_(l) corresponding toend node j is set to −1:

$\begin{matrix}{{H_{l} = \left\lbrack {\underset{1}{0},\ldots \mspace{11mu},\underset{i}{1},\ldots \mspace{11mu},\underset{j}{- 1},\ldots \mspace{11mu},\underset{N}{0}} \right\rbrack^{T}};} & (2)\end{matrix}$

T is superscript denoting transposition of vector or matrix.

generating the node-branch incidence matrix using the branch-nodeincidence matrix, as the following expression (3):

A=[H ₁ H ₂ . . . H _(K)]  (3):

setting the node connected to the generator unit with maximum capacityas a relaxation node, deleting the row corresponding to the relaxationnode to obtain reduced-order node-branch incidence matrix Ã:

establishing generator-node incidence matrix R_(m) for each generator,as the following expression (4), where R_(m) has N elements, for them-th generator unit, m=1, 2, . . . , M, and, assuming that the m-thgenerator unit is connected to node i, and the i-th element in R_(m) isset to 1:

$\begin{matrix}{{R_{m} = \left\lbrack {\underset{1}{0},\ldots \mspace{11mu},\underset{i}{1},\ldots \mspace{11mu},\underset{N}{0}} \right\rbrack^{T}};} & (4)\end{matrix}$

generating the generator-node incidence matrix using the generator-nodeincidence matrix, as the following expression (5):

A _(G) =[R ₁ R ₂ . . . R _(M)]  (5):

deleting the row corresponding to the relaxation node to obtainreduced-order generator-node incidence matrix Ã_(G);

Step 1.3), obtaining the generator shifting distribution factor originalmatrix and the load shifting distribution factor original matrixaccording to the branch admittance matrix, the node-branch incidencematrix and the reduced-order generator-node incidence matrix;calculating the original-node impedance matrix X, load shiftingdistribution factor original reduced-order matrix {tilde over (G)}_(D)and generator shifting distribution factor original reduced-order matrix{tilde over (G)}_(G), as the following expressions (6), (7), and (8):

X=(ÃyÃ ^(T))⁻¹  (6):

G _(D) =yÃ ^(T) X  (7);

{tilde over (G)} _(G) ={tilde over (G)} _(D) Ã _(G);  (8):

for the relaxation node î, inserting vector whose elements are all equalto zero into columns corresponding to {tilde over (G)}_(G) and {tildeover (G)}_(D), respectively to obtain the load shifting distributionfactor original matrix G_(D) and the generator shifting distributionfactor original matrix G_(G).

Step 2), operation simulation calculation is started day-by-day toobtain on-off state of branches in a current simulation day, and theload shifting distribution factor original matrix and the generatorshifting distribution factor original matrix are corrected according tothe on-off state of branches to obtain load shifting distribution factormatrix and generator shifting distribution factor matrix in the currentsimulation day after considering the on-off state of branches.

The step 2) includes following steps:

Step 2.1), defining Ω:{b₁, b₂ . . . b_(B)} as set of disconnectedbranches in the current simulation day, and b₁ as a current disconnectedbranch in the power system, and x_(b) ₁ as impedance of b₁, and i as abeginning node of b₁, and j as an end node of b₁;

Step 2.2), calculating an intermediate variable x_(b) ₁ ′ of b₁, as thefollowing expression (9):

x _(b) ₁ ′=−x _(b) ₁ +X _(ii) +X _(jj) −X _(ij) −X _(ji)  (9);

where, in the above expression, X_(ii), X_(jj), X_(ij), and X_(ji) areelements corresponding to the original-node impedance matrix X:

Step 2.3), calculating a correction matrix X′ of node impedance matrixconsidering the disconnected branch b₁, and calculating a node impedancematrix X_(b) ₁ considering the disconnected branch b₁ according to thecorrection matrix X′ and the original-node impedance matrix X, as thefollowing expressions (10) and (11):

$\begin{matrix}{{X^{\prime} = {\frac{1}{x_{b_{1}}^{\prime}}\begin{bmatrix}{\left( {X_{1i} - X_{1j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 1} - X_{j\; 1}} \right)} & {\left( {X_{1i} - X_{1j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 2} - X_{j\; 2}} \right)} & \ldots & {\left( {X_{1i} - X_{1j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; N} - X_{j\; N}} \right)} \\{\left( {X_{2i} - X_{2j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 1} - X_{j\; 1}} \right)} & {\left( {X_{2i} - X_{2j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 2} - X_{j\; 2}} \right)} & \ldots & {\left( {X_{2i} - X_{2j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; N} - X_{j\; N}} \right)} \\\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\{\left( {X_{Ni} - X_{Nj}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 1} - X_{j\; 1}} \right)} & {\left( {X_{Ni} - X_{Nj}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 2} - X_{j\; 2}} \right)} & \ldots & {\left( {X_{Ni} - X_{Nj}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; N} - X_{j\; N}} \right)}\end{bmatrix}}};} & (10) \\{{X_{b_{1}} = {X - X^{\prime}}};} & (11)\end{matrix}$

where, subscripts of X are row number and column number of the elementof X in the original-node impedance matrix X, and X_(i1) is the elementat the i-th row and the first column in the original-node impedancematrix X, X_(j1) is the element at the j-th row and the first column inX, X_(i2) is the element at the i-th row and the second column in X,X_(j2) is the element at the j-th row j and the second column in X,X_(iN) is the element at the i-th row and the N-th column in X, X_(iN)is the element at the i-th row and the N-th column in X, X_(1i) is theelement at the first row and the i-th column in X, X_(1j) is the elementat the first row and the j-th column in X, X_(2i) is the element at thesecond row and the i-th column in X, X_(2j) is the element at the secondrow and the j-th column in X, X_(ni) is the element at the N-th row andthe i-th column in X, X_(Nj) is the element at the N-th row and the j-thcolumn in X;

Step 2.4), calculating correction matrix {tilde over (G)}_(D)′ of loadshifting distribution factor considering the disconnected branch b₁according to the load shifting distribution factor originalreduced-order matrix {acute over (G)}_(D) and the original-nodeimpedance matrix X, and calculating load shifting distribution factorreduced-order matrix {tilde over (G)}_(D)′ considering the disconnectedbranch b₁ according to the correction matrix {tilde over (G)}_(D)′ andthe load shifting distribution factor original reduced-order matrix{tilde over (G)}_(D), as the following expressions (12) and (13):

$\begin{matrix}{{{\overset{\sim}{G}}_{D}^{\prime} = {\frac{1}{x_{b_{1}}^{\prime}}\begin{bmatrix}{\left( {g_{1i} - g_{1j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 1} - X_{j\; 1}} \right)} & {\left( {g_{1i} - g_{1j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 2} - X_{j\; 2}} \right)} & \ldots & {\left( {g_{1i} - g_{1j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; N} - X_{j\; N}} \right)} \\{\left( {g_{2i} - g_{2j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 1} - X_{j\; 1}} \right)} & {\left( {g_{2i} - g_{2j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 2} - X_{j\; 2}} \right)} & \ldots & {\left( {g_{2i} - g_{2j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; N} - X_{j\; N}} \right)} \\\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\{\left( {g_{Ki} - g_{Kj}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 1} - X_{j\; 1}} \right)} & {\left( {g_{Ki} - g_{Kj}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 2} - X_{j\; 2}} \right)} & \ldots & {\left( {g_{Ki} - g_{Kj}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; N} - X_{j\; N}} \right)}\end{bmatrix}}};} & (12) \\{{{\overset{\sim}{G}}_{D,b_{1}}^{\prime} = {{\overset{\sim}{G}}_{D} - {\overset{\sim}{G}}_{D}^{\prime}}};} & (13)\end{matrix}$

where, g_(1i) is the element at the first row and the i-th column in theload shifting distribution factor original reduced-order matrix {tildeover (G)}_(D), g_(1j) is the element at the first row and the j-thcolumn in {tilde over (G)}_(D), g_(2i) is the element at the second rowand the i-th column in {tilde over (G)}_(D), g_(2j) is the element atthe second row and the j-th column in {tilde over (G)}_(D), g_(Ki) isthe element at the K-th row and the i-th column in {tilde over (G)}_(D),g_(Kj) is the element at the K-th row and the j-th column in {tilde over(G)}_(D);

Step 2.5), calculating generator shifting distribution factorreduced-order matrix {tilde over (G)}_(G,b) ₁ ′ considering thedisconnected branch b_(i) according to the load shifting distributionfactor reduced-order matrix {tilde over (G)}_(D,b) ₁ ′, as the followingexpression (14):

{tilde over (G)} _(G,b) ₁ ′={tilde over (G)} _(G) −{tilde over (G)}_(D,b) ₁ ′Ã _(G)  (14):

Step 2.6), for the relaxation node î, inserting vector whose elementsare all equal to zero into columns of {tilde over (G)}_(G,b) ₁ ′ and{acute over (G)}_(D,b) ₁ ′, respectively to obtain the load shiftingdistribution factor matrix G_(D,b) ₁ , and the generator shiftingdistribution factor matrix G_(G,b) ₁ ;

Step 2.7), regarding X_(b) ₁ , {tilde over (G)}_(G,b) ₁ ′ and {tildeover (G)}_(D,b) ₁ ′ as new original-node impedance matrix, new loadshifting distribution factor original reduced-order matrix and newgenerator shifting distribution factor original reduced-order matrix,and calculating the node impedance matrix, the load shiftingdistribution factor reduced-order matrix and the generator shiftingdistribution factor reduced-order matrix and continuing the steps 2.2)to 2.7) until the disconnect branches in the d-th day are processed, andobtaining the generator shifting distribution factor matrix G_(G,b) _(B), and the load shifting distribution factor matrix G_(D,b) _(B) for thed-th day, and generating security constraint of the unit commitmentmodel for the d-th day, as the following expression (15):

F≦G _(G,b) _(B) P ^(T) −G _(D,b) _(B) L ^(T) ≦F   (15):

where P is vector of output of different types of generator unit at eachtime period and is decision variable of the unit commitment optimalmodel, F and F are the upper and lower limits of branch power flow,respectively L is vector of the node loads.

Step 3), output of each generator unit at each time period is obtainedusing a mixed integer programming algorithm according tono-security-constraint unit commitment model, and for each time period,each branch power flow is calculated according to the output of eachgenerator unit at each time period and node loads, and overload of eachbranch is determined according to the branch power flow and branch powerflow limits; and security constraint in the unit commitment model isgenerated according to rows of the load shifting distribution factormatrix and the generator shifting distribution factor matrixcorresponding for the overloaded branches; and the output of eachgenerator unit at each time period is obtained using the mixed integerprogramming algorithm according to the no-security-constraint unitcommitment model again, and then, overload of each branch is determinedagain; and solving iteratively until no branch is overloaded, and outputof each generator unit at each time period is obtained under securityconstraint for completion of operation simulation for the currentsimulation day, and operating simulation for the rest simulation days isperformed to obtain security-constraint operation simulation result forthe whole year.

The step 3) includes following steps:

Step 3.1), defining security constraint set Θ of the power system asbeing equal to Ø, Ø is null set and defining calculation loop variable sas being equal to zero, and calculating the no-security-constraint unitcommitment model F≦G_(G)P^(T)−G_(D)L^(T)≦F to obtain output X⁽⁰⁾ of eachgenerator unit, calculating the branch power flow according to X⁽⁰⁾ andL, as the following expression (16):

F ⁽⁰⁾ =G _(G,b) _(B) P ^((0)T) −G _(D,b) _(B) L ^(T)  (16):

determining overload of each branch according to F⁽⁰⁾, F, and F, andrecording set of overloaded branches as Θ⁽¹⁾, if Θ⁽¹⁾ is null set, goingto step 3.3), and if Θ⁽¹⁾ is not null set, updating the securityconstraint set Θ=Θ⁽¹⁾, and defining g_(G,b) _(B) _(,l), as the elementsat l-th row in G_(G,b) _(B) and defining g_(D,b) _(B) _(,l) as theelements at the l-th row in G_(D,b) _(B) , and defining f_(l) as thel-th elements of F, and defining f_(l) as the l-th elements of F, andcalculating security-constrained unit commitment model for the d-th day,as the following expression (17):

f _(l) ≦g _(G,b) _(B) _(,l) P ^((0)T) −g _(D,b) _(B) _(,l) L ^(T)≦ f_(l) , lεΘ  (17);

solving the unit commitment model considering Θ to obtain optimalsolution P⁽¹⁾ of the unit commitment model considering Θ in the firstiteration;

Step 3.2), s=s+1 to enter the next iteration, for the s-th iteration,calculating the branch power flow according to P^((s)) and L, asfollowing:

F ^((s)) =G _(G,b) _(B) P ^((s)T) −G _(D,b) _(B) L ^(T);

determining overload of each branch according to F^((s)), F, and F, andrecording set of overloaded branches as Θ^((x)), if Θ^((s)) is null set,going to the step 3.3), and if Θ^((s)) is not null set, updating thesecurity constraint set Θ=Θ^((s−1))∪Θ^((s)), and calculatingsecurity-constrained unit commitment model for the d-th day, asfollowing:

f _(l) ≦g _(G,b) _(B) _(,l) P ^((s)T) −g _(D,b) _(B) _(,l) L ^(T)≦ f_(l) , lεΘ(s);

solving the unit commitment model considering Θ to obtain P^((s+1)), andrepeating the step 3.2);

Step 3.3), considering P^((s)) as the optimal solution of thesecurity-constrained unit commitment model, and d=d+1 to go to the step2.1) to calculate the operation simulation for the (d+1)-th day.

Advantages of the fast model generating and solving method forsecurity-constrained power system operation simulation in theembodiments of the present disclosure follows:

The fast model generating and solving method for security-constrainedpower system operation simulation is based on the conventional powersystem operation simulation. The method can calculate the load shiftingdistribution factor matrix and the generator shifting distributionfactor matrix fast in each simulation day and solve thesecurity-constrained unit commitment model fast. Calculations of thesecurity-constrained power system operation simulation can be applied tothe large-scale real-word power system by implementing the method in theembodiments of the present disclosure. Indexes, such as adaptability,economy, environmental protection, etc. can be evaluated morescientifically in the future implementation of the power systemplanning. This improves quality of the power system planning. Therefore,the method in the embodiments of the present disclosure is a promisingtechnique for power systems.

In the following, a non-transitory computer-readable storage mediumaccording to embodiments of the present disclosure will be described indetail.

In some embodiments, the non-transitory computer-readable storage mediumhaving stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor ofa device, causes the device to perform a fast model generating andsolving method for security-constrained power system operationsimulation. The fast model generating and solving method includesfollowing steps:

1) obtaining information of all branches and nodes which are involvedduring operation simulation time period, calculating original-nodeimpedance matrix, load shifting distribution factor original matrix andgenerator shifting distribution factor original matrix of all involvedbranches according to connections between the branches and the nodes andreactance of each branch:

2) starting operation simulation calculation day-by-day to obtain on-offstate of branches in a current simulation day, correcting the loadshifting distribution factor original matrix and the generator shiftingdistribution factor original matrix according to the on-off state ofbranches to obtain load shifting distribution factor matrix andgenerator shifting distribution factor matrix in the current simulationday after considering the on-off state of branches;

3) obtaining output of each generator unit at each time period using amixed integer programming algorithm according to no-security-constraintunit commitment model, for each time period, calculating each branchpower flow according to the output of each generator unit at each timeperiod and node loads, determining overload of each branch according tothe branch power flow and branch power flow limits; generating securityconstraint in the unit commitment model according to rows of the loadshifting distribution factor matrix and the generator shiftingdistribution factor matrix corresponding for the overloaded branches;obtaining the output of each generator unit at each time period usingthe mixed integer programming algorithm according to theno-security-constraint unit commitment model again, and then,determining overload of each branch again; solving iteratively until nobranch is overloaded, and obtaining output of each generator unit ateach time period under security constraint for completion of operationsimulation for the current simulation day, performing operatingsimulation for the rest simulation days to obtain security-constraintoperation simulation result for the whole year.

Any process or method described in the flowing diagram or other meansmay be understood as a module, segment or portion including one or moreexecutable instruction codes of the procedures configured to achieve acertain logic function or process, and the preferred embodiments of thepresent disclosure include other performances, in which the performancemay be achieved in other orders instead of the order shown or discussed,such as in an almost simultaneous way or in an opposite order, whichshould be appreciated by those having ordinary skills in the art towhich embodiments of the present disclosure belong.

The logic and/or procedures indicated in the flowing diagram ordescribed in other means herein, such as a constant sequence table ofthe executable code for performing a logical function, may beimplemented in any computer readable storage medium so as to be adoptedby the code execution system, the device or the equipment (such a systembased on the computer, a system including a processor or other systemsfetching codes from the code execution system, the device and theequipment, and executing the codes) or to be combined with the codeexecution system, the device or the equipment to be used. With respectto the description of the present invention, “the computer readablestorage medium” may include any device including, storing,communicating, propagating or transmitting program so as to be used bythe code execution system, the device and the equipment or to becombined with the code execution system, the device or the equipment tobe used. The computer readable medium includes specific examples (anon-exhaustive list): the connecting portion (electronic device) havingone or more arrangements of wire, the portable computer disc cartridge(a magnetic device), the random access memory (RAM), the read onlymemory (ROM), the electrically programmable read only memory (EPROMM orthe flash memory), the optical fiber device and the compact disk readonly memory (CDROM). In addition, the computer readable storage mediumeven may be papers or other proper medium printed with program, as thepapers or the proper medium may be optically scanned, then edited,interpreted or treated in other ways if necessary to obtain the programelectronically which may be stored in the computer memory.

It should be understood that, each part of the present disclosure may beimplemented by the hardware, software, firmware or the combinationthereof. In the above embodiments of the present invention, theplurality of procedures or methods may be implemented by the software orhardware stored in the computer memory and executed by the proper codeexecution system. For example, if the plurality of procedures or methodsis to be implemented by the hardware, like in another embodiment of thepresent invention, any one of the following known technologies or thecombination thereof may be used, such as discrete logic circuits havinglogic gates for implementing various logic functions upon an applicationof one or more data signals, application specific integrated circuitshaving appropriate logic gates, programmable gate arrays (PGA), fieldprogrammable gate arrays (FPGA).

It can be understood by those having the ordinary skills in the relatedart that all or part of the steps in the method of the above embodimentscan be implemented by instructing related hardware via programs, theprogram may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and theprogram includes one step or combinations of the steps of the methodwhen the program is executed.

In addition, each functional unit in the present disclosure may beintegrated in one progressing module, or each functional unit exists asan independent unit, or two or more functional units may be integratedin one module. The integrated module can be embodied in hardware, orsoftware. If the integrated module is embodied in software and sold orused as an independent product, it can be stored in the computerreadable storage medium.

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be, but is notlimited to, read-only memories, magnetic disks, or optical disks.

Reference throughout this specification to “an embodiment,” “someembodiments.” “one embodiment”, “another example,” “an example,” “aspecific example,” or “some examples,” means that a particular feature,structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with theembodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or exampleof the present disclosure. Thus, the appearances of the phrases such as“in some embodiments,” “in one embodiment”, “in an embodiment”, “inanother example,” “in an example,” “in a specific example,” or “in someexamples,” in various places throughout this specification are notnecessarily referring to the same embodiment or example of the presentdisclosure. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials,or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or moreembodiments or examples.

Although explanatory embodiments have been shown and described, it wouldbe appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above embodimentscannot be construed to limit the present disclosure, and changes,alternatives, and modifications can be made in the embodiments withoutdeparting from spirit, principles and scope of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A fast model generating and solving method forsecurity-constrained power system operation simulation, thesecurity-constraint power system comprising a plurality of branches andnodes, the method comprising following steps: 1) obtaining informationof all branches and nodes which are involved during operation simulationtime period, calculating original-node impedance matrix, load shiftingdistribution factor original matrix and generator shifting distributionfactor original matrix of all involved branches according to connectionsbetween the branches and the nodes and the reactance of each branch; 2)starting operation simulation calculation day-by-day to obtain on-offstate of branches in a current simulation day, correcting the loadshifting distribution factor original matrix and the generator shiftingdistribution factor original matrix according to the on-off state ofbranches to obtain load shifting distribution factor matrix andgenerator shifting distribution factor matrix in the current simulationday after considering the on-off state of branches; 3) obtaining outputof each generator unit at each time period using a mixed integerprogramming algorithm according to no-security-constraint unitcommitment model, for each time period, calculating each branch powerflow according to the output of each generator unit at each time periodand node loads, determining overload of each branch according to thebranch power flow and branch power flow limits; generating securityconstraint in the unit commitment model according to rows of the loadshifting distribution factor matrix and the generator shiftingdistribution factor matrix corresponding for the overloaded branches;obtaining the output of each generator unit at each time period usingthe mixed integer programming algorithm according to theno-security-constraint unit commitment model again, and then,determining overload of each branch again; solving iteratively until nobranch is overloaded, and obtaining output of each generator unit ateach time period under security constraint for completion of operationsimulation for the current simulation day, performing operatingsimulation for the rest simulation days to obtain security-constraintoperation simulation result for the whole year.
 2. The method of claim1, wherein the step 1) comprises following steps: 1.1) generating branchadmittance matrix according to the reactance of each branch, asfollowing: $\begin{matrix}{{y = \begin{bmatrix}\frac{1}{x_{1}} & \; & \; & \; & \; \\\; & \ddots & \; & \; & \; \\\; & \; & \frac{1}{x_{l}} & \; & \; \\\; & \; & \; & \ddots & \; \\\; & \; & \; & \; & \frac{1}{x_{K}}\end{bmatrix}};} & \;\end{matrix}$ where, y is the branch admittance matrix, x_(l) isreactance of branch l, and l=1, 2, . . . , K, and K is number of thebranches; 1.2) generating node-branch incidence matrix andgenerator-node incidence matrix according to the connections between thebranches and the nodes; firstly, generating branch-node incidence matrixH_(l) for each branch, as following, where H_(l) has N elements and N isnumber of the node, for the l-th branch, the element in H_(l)corresponding to beginning node i is set to 1 and the element in H_(l)corresponding to end node j is set to −1:${H_{l} = \left\lbrack {\underset{1}{0},\ldots \mspace{11mu},\underset{i}{1},\ldots \mspace{11mu},\underset{j}{- 1},\ldots \mspace{11mu},\underset{N}{0}} \right\rbrack^{T}};$T is superscript denoting transposition of vector or matrix. generatingthe node-branch incidence matrix using the branch-node incidence matrix,as following:A=[H ₁ H ₂ . . . H _(K)]; setting the node connected to the generatorunit with maximum capacity as a relaxation node, deleting the rowcorresponding to the relaxation node to obtain reduced-order node-branchincidence matrix Ã; establishing generator-node incidence matrix R_(m)for each generator, as following, where R_(m) has N elements, for them-th generator unit, m=1, 2 . . . , M, and M is number of the generatorunit, assuming that the m-th generator unit is connected to node i, andthe i-th element in R_(m) is set to 1:${R_{m} = \left\lbrack {\underset{1}{0},\ldots \mspace{11mu},\underset{i}{1},\ldots \mspace{11mu},\underset{N}{0}} \right\rbrack^{T}};$generating the generator-node incidence matrix using the generator-nodeincidence matrix, as following:A _(G) =[R ₁ R ₂ . . . R _(M)]; deleting the row corresponding to therelaxation node to obtain reduced-order generator-node incidence matrixÃ_(G); 1.3) obtaining the generator shifting distribution factororiginal matrix and the load shifting distribution factor originalmatrix according to the branch admittance matrix, the node-branchincidence matrix and the reduced-order generator-node incidence matrix;calculating the original-node impedance matrix X, load shiftingdistribution factor original reduced-order matrix {acute over (G)}_(D)and generator shifting distribution factor original reduced-order matrix{tilde over (G)}_(G), as following:X=(ÃyÃ ^(T))⁻¹{tilde over (G)} _(D) =yÃ ^(T) X{tilde over (G)} _(G) ={tilde over (G)} _(D) Á _(G); for the relaxationnode î, inserting vector whose elements are all equal to zero intocolumns corresponding to {tilde over (G)}_(G) and {tilde over (G)}_(D),respectively to obtain the load shifting distribution factor originalmatrix G_(D) and the generator shifting distribution factor originalmatrix G_(G).
 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step 2) comprisesfollowing steps: 2.1) defining Ω:{b₁, b₂, . . . , b_(B)} as set ofdisconnected branches in the current simulation day, and b₁ as a currentdisconnected branch in the power system, and x_(b) ₁ as impedance of b₁,and i as a beginning node of b₁, and j as an end node of b₁; 2.2)calculating an intermediate variable x_(b) ₁ ′ of b₁, as following:x _(b) ₁ ′=−x _(b) ₁ +X _(ii) +X _(jj) −X _(ij) −X _(ji); where, in theabove expression, X_(ii), X_(jj), X_(ij), and X_(ji) are elementscorresponding to the original-node impedance matrix X; 2.3) calculatinga correction matrix X′ of node impedance matrix considering thedisconnected branch b₁, and calculating a node impedance matrix X_(b) ₁considering the disconnected branch b₁ according to the correctionmatrix X′ and the original-node impedance matrix X, as following:${X^{\prime} = {\frac{1}{x_{b_{1}}^{\prime}}\begin{bmatrix}{\left( {X_{1i} - X_{1j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 1} - X_{j\; 1}} \right)} & {\left( {X_{1i} - X_{1j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 2} - X_{j\; 2}} \right)} & \ldots & {\left( {X_{1i} - X_{1j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; N} - X_{j\; N}} \right)} \\{\left( {X_{2i} - X_{2j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 1} - X_{j\; 1}} \right)} & {\left( {X_{2i} - X_{2j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 2} - X_{j\; 2}} \right)} & \ldots & {\left( {X_{2i} - X_{2j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; N} - X_{j\; N}} \right)} \\\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\{\left( {X_{Ni} - X_{Nj}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 1} - X_{j\; 1}} \right)} & {\left( {X_{Ni} - X_{Nj}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 2} - X_{j\; 2}} \right)} & \ldots & {\left( {X_{Ni} - X_{Nj}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; N} - X_{j\; N}} \right)}\end{bmatrix}}},{{X_{b_{1}} = {X - X^{\prime}}};}$ where, subscripts ofX are row number and column number of the element of X in theoriginal-node impedance matrix X, and X_(i1) is the element at the i-throw and the first column in the original-node impedance matrix X, X_(j1)is the element at the j-th row and the first column in X, X_(i2) is theelement at the i-th row and the second column in X, X_(j2) is theelement at the j-th row j and the second column in X, X_(iN) is theelement at the i-th row and the N-th column in X, X_(iN) is the elementat the i-th row and the N-th column in X, X_(1i) is the element at thefirst row and the i-th column in X, X_(1j) is the element at the firstrow and the j-th column in X, X_(2i) is the element at the second rowand the i-th column in X, X_(2j) is the element at the second row andthe j-th column in X, X_(Ni) is the element at the N-th row and the i-thcolumn in X, X_(Nj) is the element at the N-th row and the j-th columnin X; 2.4) calculating correction matrix {tilde over (G)}_(D)′ of loadshifting distribution factor considering the disconnected branch b₁according to the load shifting distribution factor originalreduced-order matrix {tilde over (G)}_(D) and the original-nodeimpedance matrix X, and calculating load shifting distribution factorreduced-order matrix {tilde over (G)}_(D,b) ₁ ′ considering thedisconnected branch b₁ according to the correction matrix {tilde over(G)}_(D)′ and the load shifting distribution factor originalreduced-order matrix {tilde over (G)}_(D), as following:${{\overset{\sim}{G}}_{D}^{\prime} = {\frac{1}{x_{b_{1}}^{\prime}}\begin{bmatrix}{\left( {g_{1i} - g_{1j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 1} - X_{j\; 1}} \right)} & {\left( {g_{1i} - g_{1j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 2} - X_{j\; 2}} \right)} & \ldots & {\left( {g_{1i} - g_{1j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; N} - X_{j\; N}} \right)} \\{\left( {g_{2i} - g_{2j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 1} - X_{j\; 1}} \right)} & {\left( {g_{2i} - g_{2j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 2} - X_{j\; 2}} \right)} & \ldots & {\left( {g_{2i} - g_{2j}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; N} - X_{j\; N}} \right)} \\\vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\{\left( {g_{Ki} - g_{Kj}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 1} - X_{j\; 1}} \right)} & {\left( {g_{Ki} - g_{Kj}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; 2} - X_{j\; 2}} \right)} & \ldots & {\left( {g_{Ki} - g_{Kj}} \right)\left( {X_{i\; N} - X_{j\; N}} \right)}\end{bmatrix}}};$${{\overset{\sim}{G}}_{D,b_{1}}^{\prime} = {{\overset{\sim}{G}}_{D} - {\overset{\sim}{G}}_{D}^{\prime}}};$where, g_(1i) is the element at the first row and the i-th column in theload shifting distribution factor original reduced-order matrix {tildeover (G)}_(D), g_(1j) is the element at the first row and the j-thcolumn in {tilde over (G)}_(D), g_(2i) is the element at the second rowand the i-th column in {tilde over (G)}_(D), g_(2j) is the element atthe second row and the j-th column in {tilde over (G)}_(D), g_(Ki) isthe element at the K-th row and the i-th column in {tilde over (G)}_(D),g_(Kj) is the element at the K-th row and the j-th column in {tilde over(G)}_(D); 2.5) calculating generator shifting distribution factorreduced-order matrix {tilde over (G)}_(G,b) ₁ ′ considering thedisconnected branch b₁ according to the load shifting distributionfactor reduced-order matrix {acute over (G)}_(D,b) ₁ ′, as following:2.6) for the relaxation node î, inserting vector whose elements are allequal to zero into columns of {tilde over (G)}_(G,b) ₁ ′, and {tildeover (G)}_(D,b) ₁ ′, respectively to obtain the load shiftingdistribution factor matrix G_(D,b) ₁ and the generator shiftingdistribution factor matrix G_(G,b) ₁ ; 2.7) regarding X_(b) ₁ , {tildeover (G)}_(G,b) ₁ ′ and {tilde over (G)}_(D,b) ₁ ′ as new original-nodeimpedance matrix, new load shifting distribution factor originalreduced-order matrix and new generator shifting distribution factororiginal reduced-order matrix, and calculating the node impedancematrix, the load shifting distribution factor reduced-order matrix andthe generator shifting distribution factor reduced-order matrix andcontinuing the steps 2.2) to 2.7) until the disconnect branches in thed-th day are processed, and obtaining the generator shiftingdistribution factor matrix G_(G,b) _(B) and the load shiftingdistribution factor matrix G_(D,b) _(B) for the d-th day, and generatingsecurity constraint of the unit commitment model for the d-th day, asfollowing:F≦G _(G,b) _(B) P ^(T) −G _(D,b) _(B) L ^(T) ≦F; where P is vector ofoutput of different types of generator unit at each time period and isdecision variable of the unit commitment optimal model, F and F are theupper and lower limits of branch power flow, respectively, L is vectorof the node loads.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step 3)comprises following steps: 3.1) defining security constraint set Θ ofthe power system as being equal to Ø, Ø is null set and definingcalculation loop variable s as being equal to zero, and calculating theno-security-constraint unit commitment model F≦G_(G)P^(T)−G_(D)L^(T)≦Fto obtain output X⁽⁰⁾ of each generator unit, calculating the branchpower flow according to X⁽⁰⁾ and L, as following:F ⁽⁰⁾ =G _(G,b) _(B) P ^((0)T) −G _(D,b) _(B) L ^(T); determiningoverload of each branch according to F⁽⁰⁾, F, and F, and recording setof overloaded branches as Θ⁽¹⁾, if Θ⁽¹⁾ is null set, going to step 3.3),and if Θ⁽¹⁾ is not null set, updating the security constraint set Θ=Θ⁽¹⁾and defining g_(G,b) _(B) _(,l) as the elements at l-th row in G_(G,b)_(B) and defining g_(D,b) _(B) _(,l) as the elements at the l-th row inG_(D,b) _(B) , and defining f_(l) as the l-th elements of F, anddefining f_(l) as the l-th elements of F, and calculatingsecurity-constrained unit commitment model for the d-th day, asfollowing:f _(l) ≦g _(G,b) _(B) _(,l) P ^((0)T) −g _(D,b) _(B) _(,l) L ^(T)≦ f_(l) ; solving the unit commitment model considering e to obtain optimalsolution P⁽¹⁾ of the unit commitment model considering Θ in the firstiteration; 3.2) s=s+1 to enter the next iteration, for the s-thiteration, calculating the branch power flow according to P^((x)) and L,as following:F ^((s)) =G _(G,b) _(B) P ^((s)T) −G _(D,b) _(B) L ^(T); determiningoverload of each branch according to F^((s)), F, and F, and recordingset of overloaded branches as Θ^((s)), if Θ^((s)) is null set, going tothe step 3.3), and if Θ^((s)) is not null set, updating the securityconstraint set Θ=Θ^((s−1))∪Θ^((s)), and calculating security-constrainedunit commitment model for the d-th day, as following:f _(l) ≦g _(G,b) _(B) _(,l) P ^((s)T) −g _(D,b) _(B) _(,l) L ^(T)≦ f_(l) , lεΘ ^((s)); solving the unit commitment model considering Θ toobtain P^((s+1)), and repeating the step 3.2); 3.3) considering P^((s))as the optimal solution of the security-constrained unit commitmentmodel, and d=d+1 to go to the step 2.1) to calculate the operationsimulation for the (d+1)-th day.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein thebranch is defined by comprising transmission lines, cables, transformersand power transmission equipments connected to two buses, and the nodeis defined by one bus in the security-constrained power system.
 6. Anon-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereininstructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, causing thedevice to perform a fast model generating and solving method forsecurity-constrained power system operation simulation, wherein the fastmodel generating and solving method comprises following steps: 1)obtaining information of all branches and nodes which are involvedduring operation simulation time period, calculating original-nodeimpedance matrix, load shifting distribution factor original matrix andgenerator shifting distribution factor original matrix of all involvedbranches according to connections between the branches and the nodes andreactance of each branch; 2) starting operation simulation calculationday-by-day to obtain on-off state of branches in a current simulationday, correcting the load shifting distribution factor original matrixand the generator shifting distribution factor original matrix accordingto the on-off state of branches to obtain load shifting distributionfactor matrix and generator shifting distribution factor matrix in thecurrent simulation day after considering the on-off state of branches;3) obtaining output of each generator unit at each time period using amixed integer programming algorithm according to no-security-constraintunit commitment model, for each time period, calculating each branchpower flow according to the output of each generator unit at each timeperiod and node loads, determining overload of each branch according tothe branch power flow and branch power flow limits; generating securityconstraint in the unit commitment model according to rows of the loadshifting distribution factor matrix and the generator shiftingdistribution factor matrix corresponding for the overloaded branches;obtaining the output of each generator unit at each time period usingthe mixed integer programming algorithm according to theno-security-constraint unit commitment model again, and then,determining overload of each branch again; solving iteratively until nobranch is overloaded, and obtaining output of each generator unit ateach time period under security constraint for completion of operationsimulation for the current simulation day, performing operatingsimulation for the rest simulation days to obtain security-constraintoperation simulation result for the whole year.